Improvement in cotton-bale ties



H. EST-ES.

Cotton Bale-Ties.

Patented 'Feb.10. 1874.

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IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BALE TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 147,381, dated February10, 1874; applieationlfiled December 1, 1873.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Hnwnnnsos Es'rns, of St. Louis, St. Louis county,Missouri, have invented an Improved Bale-Tie, of which the following isa specification:

.In this device there is a threecornered opening, in which the loopedend of the band ongages, and a longitudinal slot, through which theother end passes freely. The direction of said slot is inclinedlaterally, so that the draft of the cotton on the band will force two ofthe corners of the slot against the edges of the band, in which saidcorners become embedded and hold the band firmly.

Figure 1 is afront view of the tie, tilted sidewise for theintroduction. of the straight end of the band. Fig. 2 is a frontvicw ofthe tie drawn straight and locked in position. Fig. I; is aside view.Fig. l is a section through the vertical opening looking from the back.

. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the tie-piece.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modification.

A is the tie-piece, formed with a projecting part, B, at its upper end,in which is formed an oblique slot, 0, having acute corners c c. Thisslot 0 is inclined from the vertical, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4 of thedrawing, so that when the tie is tilted to the left, as in Fi 1, itbecomes vertical, and the band end 1) may, with case, be passed throughit; but as the tie is again drawn straight, as in Figs. Zand i, theacute corners c 0 will bite 'against and embed themselves in the edgesof the band to the inclined side and jamming against the ver- I ticalside of aperture E. In the absence of this step the friction of the edgeof the loop against the vertical side of the aperture might interferewith the locking action.

The tie A. is preferably curved outwardly,

as shown in Fig. 3, so that the looped end F of the band will notinterfere or otter any ob struction to the introduction ofth-e straightend I) through the slot C.

The tie is intended to be cast and afterward rendered malleable by theusual process.

In Fig. 6 is shown a modified form made of wroughtiron, the metal beingbent over to form the projecting part B, in which is the oblique slot 0.

It is obvious that the form of the aperture E may vary, its essentialfeature being thatitallows the described change in the position of thetie-piece, shown, respectively, in Figs. 1 and 2, involving some freedomof movement of the right side of the loop in the aperture E, as shown.

In forming a lock on the baling-band the tie-piece A is tilted sidcwise,as in Fig. 1, so as .to allow the ready introduction of the straight endD of the band into the oblique slot 0, said end being drawn as far asdesired through said slot, and on the expansion of the bale the loopedend F of the band, acting in the slot E of the tie, will pull the tiestraight, as in Figs. 2 and 4, and embed the acute corners e c in theedges of the band to form a look.

I claim as my invention 1. The bale-tie, having an oblique slot, 0, andadapted to clutch the band edgewise, in manner substantially asexplained.

2. The tie-piece A, formed with projecting part B, slot 0 c c, andaperture E, substantially as set forth.

JIENDIERSOX ESTES.

\Vitnesses: I SAML. KNIGHT, ROBERT BURNS.

